Miren Karmele Azkarate Villar (

San Sebastián San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián (, ), is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, from the France–Spain border ...

, 27 November 1955) is a politician, professor of Basque philology, university lecturer and full member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language. She was Minister of Culture and spokesperson for the

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Biography

Miren Azkarate was born in San Sebastian on 27 November 1955. She graduated in Philosophy and Arts at the University of Deusto and received her PhD in Basque Philology from the University of the Basque Country. Between 1978 and 1988 she taught

Morphosyntax In linguistics, morphology is the study of words, including the principles by which they are formed, and how they relate to one another within a language. Most approaches to morphology investigate the structure of words in terms of morphemes, wh ...

and

Lexicography Lexicography is the study of lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries. It is divided into two separate academic disciplines: * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretical le ...

in the Faculty of Basque Philology at the

University of Deusto The University of Deusto (; ) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university ...

. Since 1988 she has been a lecturer at the

University of the Basque Country The University of the Basque Country (, ''EHU''; , ''UPV''; officially EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Deusto, University of Bilbao, initial ...

and Professor of Basque Philology. Between 1996 and 1997 she was Vice-Rector of Euskera at the University of the Basque Country. In 1983 she was appointed urgazle (corresponding member) and in 1992 she was appointed euskaltzain oso (full academic) by the Royal Academy of the Basque Language, being the first woman to be appointed full academic by the Academy (23rd chair), under the mandate of the euskaltzainburu Jean Haritschelhar; and together with

Laura Mintegi Laura Mintegi Lakarra (born October 26, 1955) is a Basque author, politician and a professor at the University of the Basque Country. Although she was born in Navarre, she moved to Biscay at an early age and has lived there ever since; first in B ...

and Blanca Urgell, one of the few women in the Academy. Miren Azkarate was Minister of Culture of the Basque Government in the 7th and 8th legislatures, from 2001 to 2009, and spokesperson of the Government from 2004 to 2009, during the mandate of

Juan José Ibarretxe Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (born 15 March 1957) is a former president of the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain. Also a leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) during the period, he held office from 2 January 1999 to 7 May 20 ...

. Subsequently, she has been a councillor of San Sebastián, from 2011 to 2018.

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